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Show 380 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN ON [Apr. 4, Linnean type) occur within the Neotropical Region. Three of them are stray visitors from the north into the Antilles ; the remaining two are peculiar Antarctic species. 1. ANAS BOSCHAS. Anas boschas, Linn. S. N. i. p. 205 (1766) ; Baird, B. of N. Am. p. 774 ; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1857, p. 229 (Cuba) ; March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 72 (Jamaica) ; Gundl. Repert. F.-N. i. p. 388, et J. fiir Orn. 1875, p. 378 (Cuba) ; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. p. 129 ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 13 (Panama) et Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 314 (Mexico). Anas maxima, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 370 (Mexico). Hab. Cuba (Gundlach) ; Jamaica (March) ; Mexico (De Oca, Grayson); Panama (M'Leannan). According to Dr. Gundlach, A. boschas is rarely seen wild in Cuba; but in 1850 a flock on passage from the north settled in the lagoons near Cardenas, and the bird is occasionally to be seen in the market of Havana. Mr. March says it is rare in Jamaica. In Central America it has been recorded from Mexico and Panama, but nowhere else. 2. ANAS OBSCURA. Anas obscura, Gm. S. N. i. p. 541 (1788) ; Baird, B. of N. Am. p. 775 ; Cab. J. f. Orn. 1857, p. 229 (Cuba); March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 72 (Jamaica); Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. p. 129 ; Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 314 (Mexico). Hab. Jamaica (March) ; Tepic, Mexico (Grayson). The Dusky Duck is said to be of rare occurrence in Jamaica. In Cuba, Dr. Gundlach formerly suspected its occasional presence, but does not mension it in his last * Revista de las Aves Cubanas.' In Mexico it has hitherto only been noticed at Tepic by Grayson. 3. ANAS SPECULARIS. Anas specularis, King, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 98(1828); Eyton, Mon. Anat. p. 138(1838); Jard. & Selb. 111. Orn. iv. tab.'40 ; Gay, Faun. Chil. p. 450 ; Cassin, Gilliss's Exp. ii. p. 202; Scl. P.Z. S. 1867, p. 335 (Chili) ; Ph. & Landb. Cat. Av. Chil. p. 42; Scl. & Salv. Nomencl. p. 129. Anas chalcoptera, Kittlitz, Mem. pre's. Acad. St. Petersb. ii. p. 471, t. 5 (1835); Schl. Mus. des P.-B., Anseres, p. 46; Gray, Hand-1. iii. p. 82. Supra chalybeio-nigra, cervice postica et uropyyio fumoso-brunneis; dorsi superioris plumis hoc colore marginatis; capite toto et nucha nigris, plaga magna faciali utrinque et gutture medio in semitorquem collarem transeunte distinctissime albis; subtus valde dilutior et rufescentior, et fasciis transversis rufis in variegata ; alis et interscapulio chalgbeio-nigris; speculo atari lato vivide cupreo, hujus parte distali velutino-nigra margine albo terminata ; hypochondriis aneo-niyro maculatis |
